I am glad to see 356 brass available again. Winchester brass is pretty scarce now days. Uses 358 Winchester Dies with a 30-30 shell holder to reload.

I recommend doing some research on Bullets still in production,before making a choice. Hornady has dropped several bullets lately.

I left 357 Maximum off my original list, thinking it might not be exotic enough for you. It has a lot of good points. Starline Brass, 158 FP-XTP, and 180 XTP Bullets, Likes cast pretty well. Easy to load, and not real hard on brass. In an Encore you can really rev it up.

I am glad to see 356 brass available again. Winchester brass is pretty scarce now days. Uses 358 Winchester Dies with a 30-30 shell holder to reload.

I recommend doing some research on Bullets still in production,before making a choice. Hornady has dropped several bullets lately.

I left 357 Maximum off my original list, thinking it might not be exotic enough for you. It has a lot of good points. Starline Brass, 158 FP-XTP, and 180 XTP Bullets, Likes cast pretty well. Easy to load, and not real hard on brass. In an Encore you can really rev it up.

Bob

There are too much to choose from. And yes, exotic is prodding me somewhat. OK, a lot.

One of our Legendary Handgun Hunters on this site has used the 375/284 on groundhogs to hippo. The 284 Win brass has no issues being expanded to .375, kinda like shooting the 375 JDJ on steroids. The 375/350 & the 376 Steyr are close matches

I read that JD Jones said the 338 Federal was close (a twin I believe) to his 338 JDJ. Assuming that is true, does the 375JDJ have a commercial twin? Just for curiosities sake.

Another thing I've found is the lack of chambering*** or even bore diameter available from TC for the Encore. So I've got a few options; buy a Contender already chambered in what I want or one with the proper bore size and have it re-chambered or order a custom Encore barrel. ***This is particularly frustrating because the Encore was supposed to be built for more recoil/heavier calibers. It looks like TC is only interested in selling what they want and not offering as many options as the Contender--which is what made TC who they are. I firmly believe people would buy the .35 R.E.M., 30/30 Win and many others that aren't offered.

Then again, it gives MGM, SAK and a few others a big stake in the game.